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- N. K. BILLOW.

BED SPRING, APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, 1908 90 1 ,5 1 6 Patented Oct 20;1908.

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NEWTON K. BILLOW,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Application filed July 20, 1908. Serial No. 444,373.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEWTON K. BILLOW, a citizen of the United States,residing at C0- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bed-Springs, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved bed spring ofsimple, strong and cheap construction and of neat appearance.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a plan view of one corner of aspring according to my invention with the flexible covering or tickingremoved. Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line :c-ac Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is across section on the line y-y Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a front view of the slatsupporting strip.

In the views, 4 designates generally one side of the frame and 5 one ofthe ends. The sides of the frame are both made in cross section asappears in Fig. 2, except that they stand in reverse positions. They areeach constructed of a vertically standing piece 1, having nailed toitsinner face at its upper and lower edges narrow strips 4 and 4 and ahorizontally lying piece 1 nailed both to the vertically standing piece4* and strip 4*.

The horizontally lying piece 1 projects both inwardly and outwardlybeyond the plane of the faces of the piece 4 but it proj ects moreextendedly beyond the outer face of the vertically extending piece 4,and affords at its upper side a seat for short stiff springs 6. At itsunder side the horizontally lying piece 4 rests upon the side rail ofthe bed. The strip or bead 4 therefore fits in the corner formed by thehorizontally lying piece 4, and the vertically standing piece l, andbraces the horizontally lying piece and keeps the frame from rupturingby reason of the weight imposed on the structure in use.

7 designates the slats to receive the long very resilient springs 8. Theslats are nailed both to the piece 41 and strips 4, as indicated bydotted lines. The strips 4 have recesses or seats 4 (see Fig. 4) thatprevent lateral displacement of the slats, and serve as guides toproperly locate the slats when the structure is manufactured, thusavoiding the loss of time incident to the use of a templet in spacingthe slats.

The end pieces 5 are constructed simply of vertical pieces 5 andhorizontal pieces 5 as no slats are supported in the ends and as thesaid horizontal pieces are not subjected to great strain of the kind towhich the sides of the frame are subjected.

The covering or ticking 9 is nailed over the top substantially as shown;and the under side can also be covered in a similar way if desired.

This ty e of bed spring is known in the trade as a box spring. They havebeen heretofore constructed in a variety of ways, but with this improvedconstruction it will be observed that the frame is made stronger andcapable of withstanding all the strains to which it is subjected.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a bed spring of the kind described, a frame to support springshaving its sides each constructed of a vertically standing piece, ahorizontally lying piece secured to the upper edge of the verticallystanding piece and projecting'both inwardly and outwardly beyond theopposite faces of the vertically standing piece, combined with the upperand lower beading strips secured to the inner face of the verticallystanding piece, the upper beading strip lying in the corner formed bythe vertically and horizontally standing pieces, and slats supported bythe lower of said beading strips, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a bed spring of the kind described, a frame to support springshaving its sides each constructed of a vertically standing piece, ahorizontally lying piece secured to the upper edge of the verticallystanding piece and projecting both inwardly and outwardly beyond thefaces of the vertically standing piece, combined with the beading strip4 secured to the inner face of the vertically standing piece, and in thecorner formed by the junction of the vertically standing piece with thehorizontal piece, said beading strip cooperating with the up per edge ofthe vertically standing piece to form a support and brace for thehorizontally lying piece, and slats supported at the lower edges of thevertically standing pieces,

substantially as described.

NEWTON K. BILLOW. Witnesses:

ADA G. GAMES, BENJ. FINOKEL.

